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(0)Robert D. San Souci
Author
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Formats
Description
Make story time a little spookier with this Halloween-themed collection of ghost stories, spooky shorts, and frightening folktales from all over the world!
“No one travels these roads after dark. Those who are found the next day, if they are still alive, will have gone mad.”
Chills and thrills to make your flesh crawl with fear! Turn the lights down low and grab your favorite reading chair. But first,...
“No one travels these roads after dark. Those who are found the next day, if they are still alive, will have gone mad.”
Chills and thrills to make your flesh crawl with fear! Turn the lights down low and grab your favorite reading chair. But first,...
Author
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Formats
Description
Thirty hair-raising stories from around the world fill this spooky collection with delicious shivers and spine-tingling chills—perfect for fans of Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark!
Sit down and meet "The Vampire Cat," "The Draug" and "The Rolling Head"; or take a stroll with "The Thing in the Woods." You'll find favorites such as "The Golden Arm" and startling new stories such as "Knock...Knock...Knock," vividly...
Sit down and meet "The Vampire Cat," "The Draug" and "The Rolling Head"; or take a stroll with "The Thing in the Woods." You'll find favorites such as "The Golden Arm" and startling new stories such as "Knock...Knock...Knock," vividly...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 9
Lexile measure
900L
Language
English
Description
"Scare-master Robert San Souci serves up ten chilling tales about untraditional haunted houses: a mansion full of pirate treasure, a ghost trapped in a mysterious dollhouse, a boy whose vacation house comes complete with people-eating spiders, and many more. But beware because not all of the protagonists in these stories get out alive."--Amazon.com.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
1000L
Language
English
Description
A collection of thirty short and spooky tales from the folklore of Russia, Virginia, Ireland, Canada, and other areas of the world. Thirty hair-raising tales by some of the world's most famous authors have been skillfully retold here especially for young readers. Includes such famous chillers as the Brothers Grimm's "The Robber Bridegroom", "The Golem", and tales by Nathaniel Hawthorne and Washington Irving.
Author
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Formats
Description
Award-winning storyteller Robert D. San Souci takes readers on a journey across America with his retellings of our country's folklore. From Native American origin myths to tales of the wild, wild West, San Souci's nine stories are sure to entertain and delight. Accompanied by colorful illustrations that bring the stories to life, kids will enjoy reading these tales as much as grown-ups will enjoy reading them aloud. All stories were originally
...Author
Pub. Date
2004.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
The boy who finds the dragon in the cave knows it is a kindly, harmless one, but how can he convince the frightened villagers and, especially, St. George the dragon killer that there is no cause for concern?
17) Zigzag
Author
Pub. Date
2005.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
With some help from a group of field mice, an odd-looking doll--named Zigzag for his crooked mouth--searches for a child to love him.
Author
Pub. Date
2004.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
The boy who finds the dragon in the cave knows it is a kindly, harmless one, but how can he convince the frightened villagers and, especially, St. George the dragon killer that there is no cause for concern?
19) The red heels
Author
Pub. Date
[1996]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
An itinerant shoemaker in colonial New England makes a pair of shoes for a beautiful young woman, although he fears the red heels are a sign that she is a witch.
Author
Pub. Date
1998
Lexile measure
1000L
Language
English
Description
Devilishly spine tingling, Giant Short & Shivery is a book of classic horror stories retold by Robert D. San Souci. The tales are adapted from people like Nathaniel Hawthorne, the Brothers Grimm, and Lafcadio Hearn and cultures like Russia, Costa Rica, and Iceland. --
